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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11708274, member: 2844"]Similar birds originally topped some of Elcho Island's "totem poles", which had the same bright earthy colours and the fluff symbolizing stars. I used to see them when I lived in Oz, but can't find any photo's online.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the link is a photo of "Morning Star Poles" (no birds), with some beckground info:</p><p><a href="https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/banumbirr-morning-star-poles-australia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/banumbirr-morning-star-poles-australia/" rel="nofollow">https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/banumbirr-morning-star-poles-australia/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 11708274, member: 2844"]Similar birds originally topped some of Elcho Island's "totem poles", which had the same bright earthy colours and the fluff symbolizing stars. I used to see them when I lived in Oz, but can't find any photo's online. In the link is a photo of "Morning Star Poles" (no birds), with some beckground info: [URL]https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/stories/banumbirr-morning-star-poles-australia/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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